can't wait to see the calendar that is going to be great./

 

I'M gonna try and get it detailed. before the pix. 75.00 but with car washes at 12.oo it seems worth it. This guy is good I heard. Might do it myself but i'd have too rent the orbitor sander. so thats twentty right there. polish, another 15. 75 bucks is looking better already.

 

i dont know if your going to do the photos yourself or hire someone, but photoshop can deepen the blacks and make the colors more vibrant than buffing.

some of my best shots, the truck looked like crap..but they were able to be cleaned up a lot in PS

 

ill remember that what do you use camera raw?

 

always shoot RAW.

especially for autos.. because depending on the light, your colors wont come out accurate.

If your shooting at sunrise/sunset (optimal time) then the suns light changes over the coarse of a few minutes. So unless you calibrate your white balance every 15 min or so.. things wont come out great.

plus it gives you more flexibility to work with in case the back park of a car comes out underexposed or something... you can create 2 different photos using the same file, adjust each image (one darker/one lighter) and then use photoshop to blend the two.

thats what i did with the shot underneath these words.

there is no way possible to get my black truck properly exposed and still have any blue left in that sky... it would have been washed out.. not to mention the ground.

the shot below is actually about 6 versions of the same shot exposed differently and edited together

 

umm.. you dont even need a 5mp camera to do the job. the photos will not be printed out on anything bigger than a wall calender.

a 3.1 megapixel camera will put out a file 2048x1536, while at 150dpi you'd get a photo almost 14" wide and 10" high. Im not sure the quality of these photos coming out (300dpi?) or the size.. but even iphone cameras can do the job with the right set up and eye.

The most important thing is lighting. if you can get up right before the sun rises.. you would eliminate the shadows from under the side mirrors and many reflections.

photography is all about light..

 

YEAH one of the mods needs to check out that dude LEERAIN cuz thats a direct copy of a post by jusjay. and he did the same thing over in the north carolina club! freakin trolls!!!!

 

Don't worry Southern... I already brought him up with administration and he shouldn't be around much longer.

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He's gone. He got the...

 

thanks 318...and doc i use a 12mp kodak m381 for all my shoots ...never thought about editing them in ps...i guess i could use that to balance out pics of coarse the camera raw function allows you to manipulate certain aspects along with a total b&w pic....im gonna have to play with ps and pics of my truck not just fantasy graphics but actual color enhancing....thanks and if you have any tips feel free to email me...thanks....

 

good going guys we don't need any of that going on